“If you’ve written a book full of Mac tips [Mac Kung Fu: Over 300 Tips, Tricks, Hints, and Hacks for OS X Lion (Pragmatic Programmers)
], as I have, it’s inevitable people ask what my favourite tips are. So here they are, for one-time only—the top 10 tricks I use every day,” Keir Thomas writes for Cult of Mac.
“They’re not all barnstormers, and they’re not guaranteed to be mind-blowing,” Thomas writes. “They’re just the little things I do to make life easier and more efficient when I’m using my Mac.”
Top 10 OS X tips from a Mac master:
1. Starting apps using Spotlight
2. Quick Look everywhere
3. Quick open files
4. Paste without formatting
5. Open a link in a new tab
6. Uncluster apps in Mission Control
7. Drag and drop the proxy
8. Use text clippings
9. See other menu options
10. View the desktop
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